Bag fastener



W. C. HIERING Nov. 3, 1931.

BAG FASTENER Filed Nov. 12, 1930 ATTORNEY raw Nev. 3,1 I

@ riiffimirso STATES I wrrmmvt olnmnme, or NEWARK, NEW JERsEv, ASSIGNOR 'ro J. E, MEReo'rrcom PANY, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, 'A 'CORPORATION OF DELAWARE BAG rAs'rriNER Application filed Novemberia 1e30, Serial mama.

' This invention relates to frames for ladies handbagaand more vparticularly to latching devices for use on such frames.

In the usual latching'devices ,a releasedposition, it is then necessary to spread the frame members apart order to obtain access to the contents of the hand bag.

Inasmuch F as it is necessary to frequently .open ladies" hand bags, the operatlon of spreading the frame'members apart is annoying and inconvenient;

It is an object of this nvention to provide a latching device for ladies hand bags, which j bers apart when moved to areleased position. v 1 Avfurther object is the provision of a'latch- 'ing device which may. be easily applied to standard shapes of hand bag frames without deviceautomatically spreads the frame memmaterial alteration. e

These and other advantageous ob ects,

which will later appear, are accomplished by the simple and practical construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described and exhibited in the accompanying draw- I .ings, forming part hereof, and in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a 7 bag frame embodying the invention.

Figure 2 represents a side view of the latching device mounted on a bag frame} nelledframe members 5 and 6 are shown,

' hingedly connected at 7; A plate 8 is attached tofmember 5 by means of brads 9 i passing through apertures in the-frame mem- 'ber. The plates has a slot 10 through which passes astud 11, theportion 12 of the stud in the slot 10 being reduced in order to provide shoulders abutting the sides of the plate 8 to Z prevent the stud from being Withdrawn with "w-zout'fremoving the plate 8 from the frame 7 member 5.

e j The portion 12 of the stud has a pair of i Q PPOSltQ grooves 13, having flat bottoms,

which engage a wire spring 14; to maintain the stud in either of two positions. The

, for handbag frames, after. moving the latching device to "side of hand bag.

"'springl is'substantially straight as shown and rests'in'a recess 15 in the plate 8,-(s'ee Fig '2), the ends of the spring passing ithroughthe frame member With this arrangeme'nt', whenever the spring lies in either of the grooves 13, the tab .16, pivotally connected to the stud 1 1, will lie flat against the A plate 17 is securedfto frame member 6 'by means of brads 18, similar to the brads 9 of" the plate 8; The plate 17 is provided with an aperture 19' through which passes the blunt conical nose 20 of stud ll. Adjacent the tip of nose 20, the stud 11 has a pair of opposed grooves 2].,similar to grooves 13,

in which a wire spring; 22 rests whenthe isin either of two positions. The wire spring 2231s secured to theframe member 6' 'and rests in a recess 23 in the plate 17, the

spring being positioned over a' slot 24; in the frame member 6.

Inflopera'tion, when it is desired to unlatch the frame members from the latched position as shown in Figure 3, the stud 11 is turned so that the spring 22 is out of the grooves 21 and engaglng the inclined surface or the'nose 20. in this position, the upward pressureof the spring 22 on the conical nose, causes a camming action on the stud 11, which results'in the frame members 5 and'S being automatically spread apart; To latch the frame members, it is only necessaryjto move the tab 16 to a position where it l es flat'against' the side of the bag, and then presstheframe members together to cause the springsl4t'and 22 to snap into grooves 13 and 21, respectively. v,

It is obvious that'the latching device is not confinedto use. on channelledframe memthe , bers, but nay be readily mounted on various .types of framememb ers. By'means of the 'latching device herein described, it is not necessaryto spread the frame members apart 'fwith'the' fingers after they have been u11-- latched ;ljand access tothe contentsof the bag 7 is thus facilitated.

noticed that the tab 16 i It will also be either lies'fiat' against the side of the bagor in 'a plane transverse to the side of the "bag, the position of the'tab readily indicating Whether the frame members are latched or unlatched;

Without departing from the Theforegoing disclosureis to be regarded as descriptive and illustrative only, and not as restriet'ivenr limitative of the' invention,

of which obviously an embodiment may be constructedincluding many modifications Havingzihils platehaving a camming action on the conical nose to spread the frame members apart when j the tab is transverse to the frame members.

This specification signed this'15th day i of April, 1931.

general scope herein indicated and'denoted in theappend- .edyclaims; V e V disclosed my invention, what 1 I I claim as new and desire to secure by Let- V r ters' Patentflsi p g 1..In combination with a 4 .vi el mpr si pair ofjpivotally connected bag franieme'mbers, alatching demembers "each platee having a recess, Wire ssprin gs positioned in th'epre'cesses and attached tot-he frame members, and a stud- ,20

plates attached to the frame 4 revolubly mountecl in onefplateand passing f through ,theoth'er Iplate said studhaving pairsof joppose'd slots in which the springs rest when the stud is in either of two positions, and having a conical nose,'.the pair of opposed slots being adjacent the tip of the nose, the spring having a camming acr 'tion onthe nose tospread'the frame members apart-when the stud is rotated sothat slots. i

the springs are notin the plates attachedto the I ft'rame-'memhers, a" stud revolubly mounted in "one plate,the other plate. having a recessy and an aprture', a spring positionedlin the 'jthe' sprillg to spread recess and attached to the frame member,

said stud having a pair of opposed slots in 'QJIn cOmbinati n vvith ajpair of pivotally i connected bag' frame members, a latching device comprising" v'vhich the spring rests When the stud is in I pr'edete'rmined"positions, and a'conical nose on the"stud havin a cammin actionw' ith l I b the frame members when the spring is not resting in'the slots.

thea-p'ertures', and a resilient "first plate having a camming 3. In combinationwith a pair of pivotally vice; comprising a plate having an aperture 7 asecond plate attached tothe other" frame member, a stud "re'volubly mounted onthe second plate, said studflhavin'g a conical nose-passing through means onflthe conical nosetoj spreadthe'lframe members apart when the studie rotatedto an u'nlatchr mg'pos'ition.'-

connected frame members,

45; In combination With. a

a latching device an aperture and a second plate c'ompri'sing a plate having the second plate, said nose parallel or, transis rotated, and resilient, means on the-cfirst actionfon the V V 'connected ba'gframe'members, alatching der 745 I --attachedto one frame member,

pairof pivotally i- W LLIAM C.VHIERIING. a

passing through 

